Before (end of 1989) (48 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 36 · Liberal Democrats 10 · Labour 1 · Other 1
After (end of 1990) (48 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 31 · Liberal Democrats 12 · Labour 4 · Other 1
Ward results
Benenden1 seat · turnout 52.0%
| J. Nicholson | SLD | 340 |
| I. Russell | Conservative | 323 |
Cranbrook1 seat · turnout 39.6%
| D. Kirby | Conservative | 556 |
| B. Longley | SLD | 509 |
| D. Hall | Labour | 409 |
Culverden1 seat · turnout 39.5%
| A. Sayer | Conservative | 833 |
| A. Macfayden | Labour | 526 |
| B. Leslie | Green | 322 |
Hawkhurst1 seat · turnout 41.4%
| G. Ealden | Conservative | 637 |
| K. Brown | SLD | 380 |
| D. Burgess | Labour | 330 |
Paddock Wood1 seat · turnout 44.8%
| W. Grimmette | SLD | 1,000 |
| E. Thomas | Conservative | 754 |
| R. Moon | Labour | 647 |
Pantiles1 seat · turnout 50.0%
| L. Braam | SLD | 809 |
| D. Bannerman | Conservative | 740 |
| P. Warner | Labour | 448 |
Park1 seat · turnout 54.5%
| J. Hilling | Conservative | 876 |
| N. Sales | SLD | 557 |
| C. Storey | Labour | 486 |
PEMBURY1 seat · turnout 51.8%
| S. Abbott | SLD | 1,141 |
| R. Sturgeon | Conservative | 797 |
| K. Barden | Labour | 462 |
Rusthall1 seat · turnout 46.9%
| D. Carrick | Labour | 820 ✓ |
| J. Perry | Conservative | 699 |
| P. Hunt | SLD | 435 |
| K. Robinson | Green | 163 |
| N. Wragg | Independent | 108 |
Sherwood1 seat · turnout 46.8%
| V. Catt | Labour | 1,064 |
| E. Wolvey | SLD | 886 |
| M. Roelofson | Conservative | 494 |
Southborough East1 seat · turnout 50.8%
| P. Boddy | Labour | 660 ✓ |
| Maggie Morgan | Conservative | 366 |
| B. Reynolds | SLD | 299 |
| E. Buckley | Green | 60 |
Southborough North1 seat · turnout 47.9%
| R. Large | Conservative | 729 |
| D. Haskett | SLD | 613 |
| P. Sellers | Labour | 314 |
Speldhurst & Bidborough1 seat
| M. Howell | Conservative | 1,229 ✓ |
| P. Handock | SLD | 539 |
| J. Petto | Labour | 347 |
St. James1 seat · turnout 49.0%
| G. Young | SLD | 737 ✓ |
| A. Bouch | Labour | 654 |
| C. Love | Conservative | 581 |
| J. Watkins | Green | 139 |
St. Johns1 seat · turnout 43.8%
| S. Taylor | SLD | 818 |
| I. Carvell | Labour | 731 |
| K. Wilkinson | Conservative | 594 |
St. Marks1 seat · turnout 31.7%
| K. McEwen | Conservative | 1,087 |
| C. Maxwell-Yates | Green | 195 |